Producer, Audio/Video

Politico; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

POLITICO is seeking a skilled video producer/editor for a daily technology show. You will oversee recording sessions, shape episodes editorially, ensure accuracy, and edit episodes to completion.

This multiplatform show spans audio, video, and social; collaborate with hosts, newsletter writers, and editors to highlight reporting and analysis and build a stand-alone product with a conversational tone. You should be ready for tight deadlines, with Arlington, VA as a base and options for New York,

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience in podcast or video production, with significant experience in news, politics, or policy.
• Strong editing ability; producing clean, polished video under tight deadlines (audio editing a strong plus).
• Sharp editorial judgment and storytelling instincts grounded in journalistic standards.
• Strong communication skills for coordinating with hosts, editors and cross-functional partners.
• Familiarity with audience analytics and platform metrics to help guide content strategy.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the virtual recording of a daily tech news podcast - including technical aspects and helping coach talent and guide editorial direction.
• Collaborate with hosts, editors, and the audio/video team to identify daily topics.
• Edit and publish clean, final cuts of episodes, often under tight deadlines.
• Write headline and caption copy for podcast feeds, YouTube and other social platforms.
• Partner with teams across the newsroom on distribution and publishing.
• Monitor episode performance metrics and use audience insights to inform future episodes.

Skills

Video production

Video editing

Podcast production

Editorial judgment

Audience analytics

Communication

Job description

POLITICO is seeking a skilled video producer/editor for a daily technology show. In this role, you'll oversee recording sessions, make creative and editorial decisions to shape episodes, ensure high quality and accuracy, and edit episodes to completion.

The show is a companion product to a daily newsletter, and you'll work closely with the hosts, newsletter authors, and editors to highlight the best reporting and analysis each day - while building a distinct product that stands alone and features the unique strengths of a conversational format.

Our shows are multiplatform products, with audio, video, and social media elements. The ideal candidate is a strong video editor; experience with audio editing is a strong plus. Please note your skillset in your application.

This is a Sunday-Thursday role and requires some evening work to produce a daily early-morning show (the estimated schedule is 2pm-10pm EST). We'll consider candidates to work out of our HQ (Arlington, VA), New York, San Francisco or Sacramento.

Who You Are:

• An experienced producer with a track record of writing scripts or briefings for shows and translating complex reporting into compelling pod/vodcasts.
• A strong session producer with experience coaching talent and working with experienced hosts and newer voices.
• A skilled video editor able to produce tight, polished edits on a deadline.
• A keen follower of tech and AI news, with an interest in how those overlap with politics and policy.
• Experienced in multiplatform distribution, finding production efficiencies between audio, video and social media, and producing for different channels and audiences.
• A team player, great at giving and taking notes and working across different teams of people.

What You'll Do:

• Oversee the virtual recording of a daily tech news podcast - including technical aspects and helping coach talent and guide editorial direction.
• Collaborate with hosts, editors, and the audio/video team to identify daily topics.
• Edit and publish clean, final cuts of episodes, often under tight deadlines.
• Write headline and caption copy for podcast feeds, YouTube and other social platforms.
• Partner with teams across the newsroom on distribution and publishing.
• Monitor episode performance metrics and use audience insights to inform future episodes.

What You'll Need:

• 3+ years' experience in podcast or video production, with significant experience in news, politics, or policy.
• Strong editing ability; producing clean, polished video under tight deadlines (audio editing a strong plus).
• Sharp editorial judgment and storytelling instincts grounded in journalistic standards.
• Strong communication skills for coordinating with hosts, editors and cross-functional partners.
• Familiarity with audience analytics and platform metrics to help guide content strategy.

This role is based in our Arlington, VA HQ. We're also open to candidates in New York or California (Sacramento or San Francisco).

Compensation:

$90,000-$110,000 Annual Base. The final salary offered will be based on factors including relevant experience, skills, and qualifications.

We value our people.

About Us.

POLITICO illuminates the forces shaping global power. Since 2007, we have delivered intelligence that anticipates tomorrow's headlines, not reports on yesterday's news. As politics has increasingly become the defining force of our era, our work has never been more vital.

Cabinet secretaries and Ministers start their mornings with our analysis. CEOs shape strategy around our reporting. Advocacy leaders rely on our insights to move policy. We deliver the straightforward facts and clear-eyed analysis they need to navigate the most complex political landscape of our lifetimes.

Our 1,100+ publishing professionals across the world's key democratic capitals-Washington, Brussels, London, Paris, Berlin, Sacramento, and New York-form the world's premier politics and policy newsroom. We tell the story of how power really works by explaining who wields it and how they plan to exercise it, connecting dots others miss and delivering scoops from sources others don't even know exist.

Innovation has always been a core tenet of our story. At launch, we bet that depth would trump scale, that talent would trump traffic, and that politics would become central to modern life. In 2011, we made another bet and launched POLITICO Pro to help decision-makers understand the business of government, transforming both how they shape government action and the business of journalism itself.

These bets have made POLITICO the most successful digital news startup of its generation and the indispensable resource for leaders who shape the future. Today, we are a rarity in media: a growing, profitable, and sustainable news organization.

POLITICO is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE, a family-owned transatlantic media.